Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17930, David Fuller, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 16
Fuller, David
W. 17930
Orinda
BL Mt. 31,209-160-55
CONTENTS

No. 038 New York
David Fuller Essex Co., in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Neil — of the Reg t commanded by Col. — in the New York line for 7 months and 24 days
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6. April 1838 from 11 March 1839 to 4 Sept 1839. C ap notified 16. June 1840.
Entered on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct. 1833 and due to L. Stetson Keosville
Arrears to the 1st of Sep '33 $ 66 2/3 Semest. allowance ending 4th Mo 13. $ 79 2/3
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. } G. C. Hale
Recorded by G. C. Hale Clerk, Book E. Vol. 11. Page 100

act March 3, 1855- 35:275
Rev.
Wanda Miller with David Miller Priv assisted
Revolutionary War
Rev Pensioner Rev. B. Land Feb. 2, 1848. Vol. 4, P. 69-
Slade 23/10 Slade 20/56 100 Rev Slade
Bounty Land Warrant No. 31209-160-55 was allowed on account of Revolution Vol. 4, page 164 any War Service
Oliver Abel Jr
Elizabethtown N. York
Emerson C. D. O'Callaghan Aug 21/55
Shubel D. Smith
McLaughlin 3386
Revolutionary War Vol. 4, page 164

4131.
For Roll March 24 3rd 52
New York Albany
Orinda Fuller widow of David Fuller who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of March 1848 and sent to
Hon. O. Kellogg W. C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 69 Vol. 4.
Reg 3 m 55 35275

Orinda Fuller application for Vermont Pension
Address Martin Smith Esq Rensselaer Essex County N.Y.

State of New York, Essex County ss } On this 26 th day of January 1852 personally appeared before me the subscribing Authority a per- son of the place in and for the County & State of some said Osinda Fuller of Ches- terfield in said County and made sol- emn Oath in due form of law, that she is the identical Widow of David Fuller deceased who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and a pensioner of the United States. That she now draws a pension under an act in conformity with the act of February 2 d 1848, at the rate of twenty six dollars per annum. That her husband died on the seven- -tenth day of April A.D. 1845. and that she believes herself entitled to a pension from the time of her hus- -bands death according to provisions of a joint Resolution of Congress ap- proved March 3 d 1851. Explaining the Acts of March 3 d 1831, March third 1843, and June 1 st 1844, That the proof of the time of her husbands death was filed by her in the pension office at Wash- ington at the time of the granting of the certificate which is herewith her- -under, she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining any arre- -ars of pension or increase of pension which may be found due her under any of the acts and Resolutions of Congress which are applicable to her case.
I also wish my pension certifi- -cate sent to Martin Finch Esq my

Agent or attorney at Kingsville Essex Co. N.Y.
Sworn and subscribed to this 26 th day of January 1852 before me John Jones Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named Orinda Fuller is well known to me, and that she is a respectable person according to the best of my knowledge & belief - Dated January 30 th 1852
John Jones Justice of the peace
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

State of New York, } ss. ESSEX COUNTY.
I, W. T. Nicholson Clerk of said County, Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of
Do Certify that John Fourn knowledge of the annexed Declaration was, on the day of the date of the said Cer- tificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof and Acknowledgment of Deeds, &c. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said John Fourn and verily believe the signature to said Certificate to be genuine
In Testimony Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this 31 st day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
W. T. Nicholson
Exinda Fuller application Manager of Prison
Adress Martin Smith Esq Kenswick Essex County A. S.

Orma Fuller
Certificate of marriage

State of New York Essex County ss
Jemima Sturdivant
being duly sworn says that she is acquainted with Orinda Fuller, that she is the identical person mentioned in the affidavit heretofore filed & subscribed "Allan Butler Clerk" that she was acquainted with the late David Fuller deceased also described in said affidavit. That she knows that said Orinda Brigham was married to said David Fuller in the town of Gilson Cheshire County State of New Hampshire some time in the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety three, but what day of that year she cannot say. That she was present at the wedding, and was then a resident of said town of Gilson in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire, that she now resides in the town of Westport in the County of Essex & State of New York and knows said Orinda Fuller in Chesterfield in said County who signed the affidavit hereto annexed and marked A & B. That she on the back to be the same person described in said affidavit signed "Allan Butler Clerk" further this deponent says not
Subscribed & sworn this 15 th day of February January 1849 before me
Jemima Sturdivant
Wm D Hobbs Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex

STATE OF NEW YORK,
ESSEX COUNTY,
I,
G. S. Nicholson William H. Holbrook
Clerk of said County, Do Certify that
Esquire,
whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of acknowledgment of the annexed
affidavit Justice of
the Peace
was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a
in and for said county, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof and Acknowledgement of Deeds, &c. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said W. H. Holbrook Justice of the Peace and verily believe the signature to said Certificate to be genuine and that the said Instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of said State.
In Testimony Whereof, I have subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said County
this 22 nd day
of February in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty three
G. S. Nicholson (Clerk)
Application of Isabella Fuller for probate
married 1793
husband died 17 April 1805.
Ad. Oct 17 June 1806
it was 24 days per
$26 per annum.
for 17 April 1805.
Ad Oct 48
Mrs A. Kellogg U.S.
State of New York

State of New York
Essex County ss. I, Grinda Fuller being duly sworn says that she resides in the Town of Chesterfield in the County of Essex & State of New York, that she is the widow of the late David Fuller mentioned in the Pension certificate hereunto annexed, that she is also the same person described in the certif- icate hereunto annexed & subscribed Ellen Butler Gordon Clerk, that her maiden name was Grinda Bingham and that she was married to Captain David Fuller at the Town of Gilsum in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire on the 29 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and nine ty three. That she lived with said David Fuller as his wife till the time of his death, that said David Fuller died on the 17 th day of April 1845. That this deponent has not remarried since the death of said David Fuller.
Subscribed & sworn before me this 5 th day of February 1849 } Grinda Fuller M. Finch Justice Peace in & for Essex County

STATE OF NEW YORK, ESSEX COUNTY,
} ss. I,
G. S. Nicholson Martin Finch
Clerk of said County, Do Certify that Martin Finch Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of acknowledgment of the annexed affidavit before me was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof and Acknowledgement of Deeds, &c. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Martin Finch Justice of the Peace and verily believe the signature to said Certificate to be genuine and that the said Instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of said State.
In Testimony Whereof, I have subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said County this 22 nd day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
G. S. Nicholson Clerk
Exhibit A
Exhibit A

Captain David Fuller, and Orinda Bingham, both of Gilsum, were married October twentieth one thousand seven hundred and ninety three.
I Allen Butler Town Clerk of the town of Gilsum, in the county of Cheshire, and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of the marriage of David Fuller and Orinda Bingham, in my office with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows Captain David Fuller and Orinda Bingham both of Gilsum were married October 20 th 1793 Allen Butler Town Clerk
I Allen Butler above named depose and say that I hold the office of town clerk, in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the record of said town, with the exception above named as certified by me Given at said Gilsum this fifth day of February AD 1846. Allen Butler Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire } subscribed and sworn to Cheshire ss. }
Feb. 5. 1846
Before me Israel B. Lordland, Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss.
I, Francis Wisio Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of said State, within and for said County of Cheshire do hereby certify that Israel B. Loveland whose name is subscribed to the within certificate, was on the day of the date of the same, to wit, on the fifth day of February A.D. 1846 a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Cheshire duly commissioned and sworn according to law - and that his signature as presented within written is in my belief genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Keene in said County this seventh day of February A.D. 1846.
Francis Wisio. Clerk

21453 David Fuller Essex county New York
Admitted Private of no 24 dng
2335 364 2599
53 13 66
L Stetson, Keeseville, New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of David Fuller, Essex county New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Volunteer 1776 or 1777 1 1/2 private Capt. Hance Scarsdale 72   do 1777 21 Capt. Hance Skirmish near Bennington Bennington New Hamp. tradition - one writing, records   do — 2 Capt. Hance West Point service on the part of the applicant   do 1780 3 Capt. Hance   — 21 Lieut. Pratt Major Webber  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

35.275 Orinda Fuller, Claim for Pomply's Land Act 3 rd March. 1858
Application No 35275 Additional Evidence
No. 113
1858
Abel
Elizabethtown
New York
Boyneton

State of New York } County of Essex }
ss: On this twenty second day of September A.D. one thousand eight hun- dred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State afore- said Arinda Fuller, aged 83 years a resident of the town of Keene in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of David Fuller de- ceased who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Shurtliff Perkins in the separate Battalion of New York Militia Com- manded by Major Reuben Sanford in the war with Great Britain, de- clared by the United States on the 18 th day of June 1812, and that her said husband volunteered at Jay in said County and State aforesaid on or about the 28 th day of August A.D. 1814, and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days, that he did actu- al service at the Invasion of Plattsburgh in September A.D. 1814, and was honorably discharged at Platts

burgh on or about the 14 th day of Sep- tember A.D. 1814, & she further states that she has heretofore made appli- cation for bounty land under the act approved March 3 rd 1855. And her said Claim numbered 33,275 has been suspended on the ground that al- though her said husband was a revo- lutionary soldier she now drawing a pension therefor it was not record evidence of service, and she files this declaration as additional proof. And she requests that her warrant may be forwarded to Oliver Akeel Jr. her agent at Elizabethtown New York. —
Orinda Phelps
We, Sylvanus Wells and Sylvanus S. Holcomb residents of the town of Jay in the state of New York, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing dec- laration was signed and acknowledged in our presence, and that we be- lieve from the appearance and state- ments of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself

to be.
Sylvanus Wells, Sylvester S. Holcomb
The foregoing affidavit and declaration were subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that the I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the Claimant is the person described and represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this Claim.
Benjamin H. Kent Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ESSEX COUNTY, ss.
I, E. A. ADAMS, Clerk of said County, and also Clerk of the County Courts in and for said County, (the same being Courts of Record,) Do Certify that
Bryamene Miles
Esquire,
whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed -
Affidavit & Certificate
was, on the day of the date of the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the proof and acknowledgment of deeds, &c., and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said
Justice
and verily believe the signature to said certificate of proof or acknowledgment to be genuine, and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Elisha A Adams Clerk.

Prinda Fuller Application for Bounty Land Act March 3, 1855.
33.2 3/4
Presented by Alvin Aluel Jr. Elizabethton New York

State of New York County of Essex ss. On this twenty sixth day of March, A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and Fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid. Arinda Fuller aged Eighty two years, a resident of the town of Keene in the County of Essex and State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of David Fuller, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War; that the said David Fuller, drew a pension of Twenty Six dollars a year. To the proofs of service so made on the granting of said pension she refers. She further states that she was married to the said David Fuller, in Gilson, Cheshire County in the State of New Hampshire, on the twentieth day of October - A.D. 1793, by one David Bliss Esq., a justice of the peace, and that he name before her said marriage was Arinda Bingham; that her said husband died at Chesterfield in the County of Essex, in the State of New York, on the 17th day of April A.D. 1845, and that she is now a widow and the widow of the said David Fuller, deceased; she further states that she now draws a pension as the widow of the said David Fuller, and was inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty Six dollars per annum, in con- formity with the act of February 2 d 1848.

That her Pension Certificate is dated the 9 th day of March, 1849, and is signed T. Ewing Secretary of the Interior, that said Certificate was recorded in the Pension Office, on the roll of Pensioners, under act of February 2 nd 1848, in Vol 4, page 69 - and said Certificate of record signed "Geo Jenkins Clerk" as appears upon the back of said Pension Certificate; that the number of her said Pension Certificate is 4131, and the same is now in her possession; She refers, for the proof of her marriage with the said Daniel Fuller, and of the death of the said Daniel Fuller, to the proof made by her on the granting of her said pension - She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855 - She also declares that she nor her said husband, has not received a Warrant for County land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor -
Orinda Fuller
We Chauncy Slater and Samuel Morris residents of the town of Jay in the County of Essex and State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Orinda Fuller in our presence, and

that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the Applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be - and we further upon our oaths declare that the said Alinda Fuller is the widow of David Fuller, deceased, and that she is now a widow; and that she is the identical Alinda Fuller, to whom was granted Pension Certificate Number 4131, under Act of February 2 o 1848, March 9 th 1849. And that we have no interest in this claim Chauncy Fuller Laurel Stone
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Brigham Wells Justice of the peace

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ESSEX COUNTY, ss.
T. E. A. Adams, Clerk of said County, Do Certify that
Benjamin Miles Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Declaration of Intention  Justice was, on the day of the date of the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment, Justice of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof and Acknowledgment of Deeds, &c., and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment to be genuine, and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this twelfth day of March  five in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
E. A. Adams Clerk
of February 2 o 1848,
and for the purpose of conveying land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3. 1855.

David, Samuel Declaration for Pension under act of 6. mch. June 7. 1832 21453

State of New York
Essex County ss: On this twenty fourth  seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared Mr. Owen Smith before Ruthen Whallon, Thomas Steven Walcott, Lynde and Abner Mason Esquires Judges of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Essex aforesaid and now sitting in the court House at Elizabeth town in said county David Fuller a resident of the town of Wilmington in the county and State aforesaid aged seventy two years then being sworn to the best of his knowledge and belief who being first duly sworn according to law, do hereby make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed March 3rd in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
That he was born in the town of Bolton County of Oxford and State of Connecticut on the twenty fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty, as he believes that he has no his own possession no record of his age except a mere memorandum of his own on his family register stating that he was born in the year 1760. That he made the memorandum from a transcript which he further took from the records of birth kept by the clerk of the town of Bolton aforesaid - in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty five the father of said Fuller moved with all his family to the town of Perry County of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire that the said David Fuller

Made it his home in the said town of Saratoga until he was forty years of age - That in the fall of the year one thousand Seven hundred and seventy six in the Spring of Seventy Seven and the said Daniel found they which are about him were afraid. Through the country that the British and Indians were making a descent upon Second Sag. The state of New York when the inhabitants were generally turned out and proceeded to that place. The said David Fuller volunteered among others to them the danger of the expedition. They proceeded under the command of Captain Harry and in the strength military organization to Fort Second Sag - They found the place safe and in no particular danger from any events without invasion of the British - They returned to Saratoga having been absent from home about six weeks - They remained at Second Sag about four weeks sending out scouting parties to ascertain if British or Indian troops or forces were concentrated in the vicinity of the Fort.
That not far from the first day of July in the year one thousand Seven hundred and seventy seven it was ascertained that General Burgoyne was marching upon Fort Second Sag where the said said David Fuller with other citizens of the town of Saratoga and to proceed to that place and aid the Americans - They proceeded under the command of Captain Harry as far as the town of Oriskill in the state of New York which is an immediate opposite to Fort Second

They learned that the clergy when they learned that the Americans had abandoned the South and that it was in the opinion of the British they then would not be received home * They then would not be received home likewise when they returned to Army having been a part of the expedition about the war was over.
That soon after its last mentioned return to bury a draft was made upon the Milit- ia of New Hampshire when the said David Fuller volunteered to enter the service for a period of about two months - that a company of volunteers was formed of the volunteers from the same towns to wit Waltham Concord Framingham Carpenter Framingham Smith, Samuel Fuller, John Fuller, hero then of the company. Job Glendon, Issac Wilcox - Had the company been formed and equipped - Elihu Thack was captain - Lieutenant & ensign now forgotten - Jonathan Carpenter was commissioned orderly sergeant - They proceeded immediately to Framingham in the State of Vermont, where they encamped - soon after their arrival and a skirmish with a party of British near Bennington - That soon after this engagement took place between the Americans com- manded by General Stark and the British - That the said David Fuller was in that battle - soon after this engagement the said David Fuller and his company were disbanded when they returned home after an absence of about two months as near as said Fuller can recollect.
That the last of June on part of July as soon as this caption been recalled see

The party was thousand strong. It was a very and a very strong body of men and women There was a division in a company of militia raised from various parts of the neighborhood by craft and volun- teers - The company first raised at Manchester in Manchester New Hampshire about twenty miles from Derry - The Captain was named Houghton or Hill - The same man acted as Muster Master taking a description of the persons composing that company - It was on Monday that said Houghton put down his name as a volunteer and on the Wednesday or Thursday following his company came over and then marched to Northumberland Massachussetts from there to Claremont in the State of New York where they remained three weeks billeted on private houses They then proceeded down the river to West Point - where they were Here they were placed under the command of General Benedict Arnold - were soon on fire ahead of Washington's troops at West Point at that time, though latter the company to which they belonged belonged and proceeded to New York alone - The Muster Master Hill or Houghton did not accompany them - The Company was commanded by Lieutenant Pratt, Ensign Durant, Orderly Sergeant John Blake, Second Sergeant James Puffer - They did not arrive at West Point after they left Derry until more than four weeks had elapsed.
They were engaged at West Point in the usual duties of garrison troops - said Houghton remained here until the time for which he volunteered expired.

when they were dismissed and returned home - While at West Point, Colonel David of the 2nd Cavalry and General Arnold of the 2nd Cavalry and one Stephen Muck were the life guard of General Arnold at the moment he received news of Major Andrew's capture - one stood on each side of his door and the other on the other. They heard General Arnold call for a horse and saw him depart in haste for the camp lying in the rear - heard General Washington's repeated instructions to Muck - get to either Lake or Hill Line - saw General Knox at West Point - also General Putnam - often saw Major Andrew on his return from the camp, opposite West Point where said David Fuller's company was stationed much of the time.
5 Nov.
About four years after this the said David Fuller received his pay for this and mentioned the sum in court as being money at eight dollars per month.
It was on Sunday when the said David Fuller returned to Perry and on the Wednesday following an alarm was heard that the British and Indians were at Poygan on the Wisconsin - the said David with others volunteered to march to that place and defend the country - Before they reached Poygan it was announced that the enemy had evacuated the place, where the militia from New Haven then returned home - but before they arrived at Seneca they received intelligence that the British were again threatening an invasion and were induced to remain at Seneca about a week - This expedition took up about

three weeks. — Major Wheeler of Wolfe's had the immediate command of Militia troops on Robinson's River at Point.
After the said David arrived at Huntingdon he removed from Perry to Gilson an adjoining town where he re- mained until he was about fifty years of age when he moved to the town of Keene in the county of Oxford and State of New York — lived four years in Keene — then moved to Luzerne an adjoining town lived there about three years — then moved to Keene remained there one or two seasons — then to Melrose town where said David now resides.
And the said David says that he never received a discharge from the Service, nor has he in his possession nor does he know of any documentary evidence which can show that he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war — nor does he know of any living witness who can testi- fy to such Service further than is shown by the evidence of Thomas Dail, heretofore annexed — And the said David further states that he is not acquainted with any minister of the Gospel who can testify to his relation as a soldier of the revolution — that no minister resides within thirty miles of his present home — that those ministers who speak to the intent that all in this section of the country are generally circuits  Methodists , — and further that the said David now resides at a distance of twenty miles from any settlement in the bounds of Oxford — the place is called "The Fifty Miles Woods" — has no neighbours in Melrose town except David Moody.

- is known by David Green, Mr. Sherburne and others of Keene - and to whom better than Miles Cook, St. John, Mr. Sumner and others. They who can testify as to his reputation and character for veracity.
- The said David Henry, a linguist very clever - who came to a previous acquaintance by weight of the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
David Fuller.
Sworn to and subscribed
The day of year aforesaid
In a open court before me
Simone Stockwell of Boston
clerk
We, Thomas Dunt of the town of Keene in the County of Essex and State of New York, aged seventy eight years and Joseph G. Whitman residing in the town of Ledy in said county Henry city. That we are well acquainted with the said David Fuller who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy two years of age that he is respected and believed in Ledy and Keene where he has resided and is generally known to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary war and that we concur in that opinion and the said Thomas Dunt for himself certifies that he has been personally well acquainted with the said David Fuller for about the space of one thousand days and more and seventy five - that they both lived in the town of Ledy in New Hampshire not more than 10 miles and a half distance from each other - that he knows the fact that the said David Fuller frequently turned out as a volunteer with

The Militia of that County in defense of the Country. That he went to be commissioned, but can't say how long the said Fuller served as a soldier. Though he has no doubt that said Fuller has given a true account of his services. - That he is a worthy man, has had a family of thirteen children & three wives. is a hard working man, now man of little or no property. That he has suffered much from having been blown up while blasting rock, his leg being much lacerated and dislocated - and the said Joseph G. Whipple further certifies that about twenty years ago he lived with said Fuller and was told for him that at that time he often heard said Fuller recount his revolutionary services and that the foregoing declaration conforms substantially with the history which said Whipple Fuller formerly gave.
Given to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid before me in open court. Joseph G. Whipple Thomas Stockbridge Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above mentioned Colonel Fuller was a revolutionary soldier and served in the States - and that court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Ball and Joseph G. Whipple were residents of the county of Essex aforesaid the former in the town of Haverhill and the latter in the town of Lynn - that they are entitled persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Signed by order of the court - Thomas Stockbridge Clerk.

I Leonard Stone Clerk of the court of common Pleas in & for the county of Essex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of David Fuller for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty seventh day of September A.D. 1832.
Leonard Stone Clerk
State of New York Essex county ss
I Leonard Stone Clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Essex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of David David Fuller for a pension that they are the identical papers & evidence in full as certified by me under my seal of office the twenty seventh day of September last past and as above contained.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the seventh of office this twenty seventh day of July in the year 1833.
In name David Fuller David Fuller introduced by me Leonard Stone Clerk.
Leonard Stone Clerk

for a statement of the military history of David Fullerton a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) applications for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Nov 1. 1792
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1777 6 mos. Priv. Hovey N.H.   July 1777 3 mos. "   * June 1778 3 mos. " St. Clair   June 1778 3 mos. " Hovey or H. B.   or July 1780 3 mos. " In separate service against the Indians  
Battles engaged in, Battle of Brandywine
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Conway, New Hampshire
Date of application for pension, Sept. 27. 1832
Residence at date of application, Wilmington, New Hampshire
Age at date of application, 82 years
Wilmington N.H. 171845 Cheshire Co. N.H.
Remarks: * His father was David Fullerton, who served as Capt. David Fullerton.
This soldier was a man at Gilsum, Cheshire Co. N.H. Dec. 20. 1792, Quinda Ringham. She was his widow and was also a pensioner on an ap. executed Feb. 2, 1849, while a widow of Col. David Fullerton, who died about the year 1820, and was married to his mother.
Very respectfully,
over

Office note
W. This County Land Warrant was allowed on his Rev. War Service. (See record book of Act 1855)
May 17 1917 The soldier's name was not found on the War of 1872 rolls, as alleged by the widow in her applications for land.
Therefore I would not use the names of 1872 officers given by her, but it would do no harm to add
Also alleged that he was out at the time of the Plattsmouth Division, War of 1872

574 New York Albany Amanda Fuller widow of David who was a private in the New York Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March , 1844. 17. April 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of March 1847 and sent to
Hon. C. Kellogg H. C.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 75.

31.209
act Mar. 3, 1855
War of Revolution
Mrs. Ames
PENSION OFFICE,
Oct 24 th 1855.
Sir:
Please report service from the rolls.
Very respectfully,
R. Hoover.
FOR COMMISSIONER.
3 rd Auditor.

Payments to be made at New York by Fred. A. S. B. Sk. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of= Mrs in Book C. Vol. 1, Page 100 by S. C. Stiles Clerk.
Sept 1834 - had Swedes in Helsingør was last place of residence Erik & Co. Mørk - most of they were there

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, David Tuller of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Twenty Six dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 25 day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
John B. M c Lean Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.
26 3 78

Sept 16 34 - has resided in Wilmington 5 years & his last place of residence was here in Essex Co. N.Y. - last of July 1843 moved to Hance
1843 1884
7 111
181 344 -7
Payments to be made at New York by Fred W. B. M. Agent for paying Pension as in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Office as in Book C. Vol. 1, Page 100 by S. C. Stickney
Clerk

Miss. has up for V. D. S.: under act 55. for her last services. in year 1842, at Plattsburgh. J. W. H.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 11 th 1840,
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," David Fuller, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1839, to the 4 th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Abdoo B. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

W. H. Hall N. H.

Nashville March 2 1841
Dear J. L. Edwards
Sir Will you do me the last favor to pass upon the enclosed Case & return me an answer without delay & oblige yours
Respectfully
C. R. [unclear]
N. R.

SUSPENDED BOUNTY LAND CLAIM RE-EXAMINED.
No. 35,275
Treasury Department,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Dec. 22, 1855.
served in Captain
Company
Militia
from the
to the
The name of David Hall does not appear on Rolls of Capt Sturtevant's Company N.Y. M.W. for Sept 1814
For Third Auditor.
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Department of the Interior.
Orville S

Elizabethtown N.Y. May 26. 1856,
Hon J. Minot Comt Pensions Sir -
The application of Arinda Fuller, widow of David Fuller, for bounty land under Act of March 3 d 1855, N o 35.275, was suspended for the reason that there was no record evidence, in your office, of the Revolutionary Service of David Fuller her husband, tho' he drew a pension in his lifetime, this widow now draws one, this Service, it seems, was established by parole evidence, when the pension was granted; The communication from you notifying

me of the suspension of her claim also stated that upon the produc- tion of second evidence of service, her claim would be favorably considered; it would seem from that that there was nothing in the way of obtaining land except the want of second evidence.
That objection I suppose is removed by the Amendment to that Act, approved May 14 th 1856, allowing the introduc- tion of parole evidence that being so I suppose no further proof will be required, but that the evidence of service, made in the granting of the Pension will be sufficient.
If convenient I would be pleased to hear from you in relation to the above at an

early day, as the widow is quite aged & needy -
Very Respectfully
Yours
Abiel Jones

CW Rev. War Section.
May 17, 1917.
Dr. Leslie J. L. Avery,
An Sable Forks,
New York.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 14" instant, relative to the Revolutionary War pensioner, W. 17930, David Fuller, whose record was furnished you on August 7, 1916, you are advised that the soldier never stated that he was in the War of 1812, but his widow Orinda alleged that he was in the service at the time of the invasion of Plattsburg,
Very respectfully,,
Commissioner.
This bounty land application of widow based on 1812 service was not allowed on that service as his name was not found on the rolls, as alleged by her. As I did not give any details of the service she alleged, she was allowed the bounty land on the Rev. Service. Dr. Avery's letter to W. L. W. 9/1889-160 SV-8 Pension S. Avery, War 1872

Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
At Sable Forks, N.Y. July 25 th , 1916.
Dear Sir, H. S. H. - -
Messrs - Can you give me any information relating to David Fuller who was born at Bolton, Conn. Jan. 27 th . 1760 - His Father left Bolton about 1765 and went to Walpole N.H. thence to Surry N.H. David in after years came to Northern New York and lived in the Towns of Keene and North Elba N.Y. He is buried at Keeseville N.Y. and on his tomb stone is David Fuller A Revolution Soldier Died Apr. 17, 1845 - aged 85 years - My Father is alive and is now 84 years old He remembers David Fuller and thinks he was in the War of the Revolution also in the War of 1812 in the Battle of Plattsburgh - David Fuller's older brother Samuel Fuller was a private in Col. Ashley's

reg. from Cheshire Co. N.H. and marched to Ticonderoga Oct. 1776. Later he was sergeant in Col. Mace Nicholi reg. at Saratoga 1777 and was present at the battle of Bennington Aug. 16, 1777. David Fuller also had a brother Joshua Fuller killed at the battle of Benning- ton, Vt. Aug. 16, 1777.
David Fuller is my Great grandfather & I think he must have enlisted from Waltham or Surrey N.H. but do not know If you can give me no information relating to him could you tell me where I could find it -
Thanking you in advance I am
Very truly Yours
Leslie J. L. Avery Ausable Forks New York -

Spies Public Library, MENOMINEE, MICH.
Menominee, Mich. March 2, 1908.
Commissioner Of Pensions, Dept. of the Interior; Washington, D.C.
Will you please send me the military record of David Fuller, son of Joshua Fuller, of Surrey, New Hampshire, a soldier of the Revolutionary war and also of the war of 1812.
Respectfully,
Mrs - Harriet A. Gage

A. Gage
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17930 Oliver Staller Widow David Haller his new wife
Act: Feb 22 48
Index: Vol. 8 Page 259
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mch. 14, '08. List. to Mrs. Harris
1916, Aug. 7. History to Leslie J. L. Avery M.D.
1917. May 17. Dr. J. L. Avery advised that older child not state 1812 service but that widow alleged it. (See letter of inquiry in P.L. Wt 9, 1859-60. S.S. of Simeon S. Avery. Mar 1812)